Abstract: A method of producing a charred sludge material includes combining automotive paint sludge (APS) with a lignin to form an APS-lignin mixture and turning the APS-lignin mixture into char.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a hydroseeding substrate comprising primary solids from an anaerobic digester, a cover composition comprising bentonite clay and a water-dispersible polymer or starch, and a surface-treated hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose (HPMC). The primary solids may comprise fibrous solids from dairy, poultry, hog, or cattle waste. The water-dispersible polymer may include one or more cellulose derivatives. The surface-treated HPMC may be present in an amount of 0.1 to 20 weight percent of the substrate. The hydroseeding substrate may further include a fertilizer and a soil adjuvant. The disclosure also provides a method of producing a dissolvable fertilizer package and the resulting package, comprising a dried mixture of primary solids from an anaerobic digester and nutrients contained within a tube formed from a polyvinyl alcohol film that is 85-90% hydrolyzed.

Abstract: Systems and methods for describing a composition of an article of manufacture are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes receiving article composition data for an article of manufacture that identifies a set of parts of the article, a stated composition for each part of the set of parts, and a physical quantity of the stated composition. The method further includes classifying the stated composition of each part of the set of parts into a normalized composition that includes a set of normalized chemicals. The method further includes outputting an aggregated physical quantity of each normalized chemical for the set of parts of the article. The method can include classifying a normalized composition of each part into a material category within a hierarchical taxonomy based on the set of normalized chemicals of that normalized composition and outputting an aggregated physical quantity of each material category for the parts.

Abstract: A method for heating a battery pack of an electrified powertrain system having an electric motor includes determining a temperature of the battery pack. Responsive to the battery temperature being less than a predetermined threshold temperature, the method includes executing a self-heating mode of the battery pack. This includes injecting a high-frequency direct-axis alternating current voltage waveform that minimizes output torque and prevents rotation of a rotor of the electric motor. An AC current waveform is applied to the battery pack as a result of the voltage injection. A controller includes a temperature sensor configured for determining a temperature of the battery pack and a processor configured to perform the method. A motor vehicle includes the controller, an electrified powertrain system having the battery pack and an electric motor, and road wheels connected to and powered by electric motor.

Abstract: A method of monitoring behavior of an AVC system that may include communicatively connecting one or more devices to a server of a cloud platform, creating one or more device digital twins, synchronizing the device digital twins to the devices, creating one or more space digital twins of the physical spaces that the devices are located in, synchronizing the space digital twins to a corresponding physical space, analyzing data associated with the one or more devices to create an output indicative of at least one of the health and reliability of the one or more devices, usage and operational status of the physical space or presenting the output on a computing device.

Abstract: A subtalar plate implant (12) for correcting and/or altering the alignment of a hyperpronated foot (10) comprises a plate portion (22) and an insert portion (24) that is connected to the plate portion (22). The plate portion (22) is selectively attachable to a lateral aspect of the calcaneus (16). The insert portion (24) is positionable within the subtalar joint (18). The insert portion (24) includes a top surface (236) that Is selectively positionable substantially adjacent to a base of the talus (14), the top surface (236) being angled to allow the talus (14) to articulate over the top surface (236). The insert portion (24) further includes a bottom surface (238) that is selectively positionable substantially adjacent to a dorsal surface of the calcaneus (16), The insert portion (24) can include a groove (356) that is formed along the bottom surface (238) substantially parallel to the plate portion (22).

Abstract: An energy collection system may collect and use the energy generated by an electric field. Collection electrodes are positioned relative to a planetary body. One or more of the collection electrodes may positioned substantially on, above, or below the planetary body. Example embodiments comprise a power processing module. One or more collection electrodes may comprise a collection device with microscopic points of a cross-section of the collection device exposed to the environment.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for dispensing a printed document from a printer machine with a dispensing device. For instance, a document being printed out from the printer machine may be monitored for, and a determination that a document is being printed out from the printer machine may be made based on the monitoring. The printed document may be engaged with an arm mechanism of the dispensing device, the printed document may be urged towards a slot of the dispensing device with the arm mechanism, and the printed document may be dispensed out of the slot with the arm mechanism.

Abstract: A tendon-driven robotic gripper is disclosed for performing fingertip and enveloping grasps. One embodiment comprises two fingers, each with two links, and is actuated using a single active tendon. During unobstructed closing, the distal links remain parallel, creating exact fingertip grasps. Conversely, if the proximal links are stopped by contact with an object, the distal links start flexing, creating a stable enveloping grasp. The route of the active tendon and the parameters of the springs providing passive extension forces are optimized in order to achieve this behavior. An additional passive tendon is disclosed that may be used as a constraint preventing the gripper from entering undesirable parts of the joint workspace. A method for optimizing the dimensions of the links in order to achieve enveloping grasps of a large range of objects is disclosed and applied to a set of common household objects.

Abstract: In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a system that is configured to perform operations including: generating first transfer data associated with transferring a first container image to a destination computer system, wherein the first container image is associated with a first layer and a second layer; storing first tracking data representing that the first layer and the second layer have been transferred to the destination computer system; receiving a first request to transfer a second container image to the destination computer system, wherein the second container image includes the first layer and a third layer; and based on receiving the first request, generating second transfer data associated with the second container image based on the first tracking data, wherein the second transfer data includes the third layer and a first indication that the second container image is associated with the first layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a first chip with a first wafer and a first dielectric layer, and a second chip that includes a second wafer and a second dielectric layer, the second chip having a backside surface and a frontside surface opposed to the backside surface and bonded to the first chip at the frontside surface to define a bond line between the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer. The semiconductor device may include a die seal layer on the backside surface having a die seal ground contact in contact with the second wafer, and an electrostatic discharge path that includes the die seal layer, the die seal ground contact, a first die seal in the first dielectric layer, a second die seal in the second dielectric layer, and a hybrid bond connecting the first die seal and the second die seal through the bond line.

Abstract: A method and apparatus comprising computer code for mesh coding configured to cause a processor or processors to receive a dynamic input mesh representing a volumetric data of at least one three-dimensional (3D) visual content; determine, for a mesh at a first level of sub-division, a plurality of first vertices, wherein the plurality of first vertices are determined using a mid-point sub-division scheme and a plurality of previous vertices of a mesh at a previous level of sub-division, wherein the mesh at the first level and the mesh at the previous level are generated from the dynamic input mesh; determine a valence of a first vertex among the plurality of first vertices to be a first value based on whether a selected two vertices of the mesh at the first level; and generate a compressed bitstream for the dynamic input mesh based on the valence of the first vertex.

Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, methods and systems for performing operations on a workpiece may be provided. An exemplary method may include holding the workpiece in a feeding fixture so that the workpiece is movable in one degree of freedom. The method may further include feeding the workpiece along the workpiece's length into an operations center and measuring the position of the workpiece in a length direction. A time sequence of processing vectors on the workpiece that are defined in a workpiece coordinate system may be transformed into a calculated time sequence of processing vectors in a machine coordinate system. Using a machine control system a processing end effector may be moved through the calculated time sequence of processing vectors in the machine coordinate system and one or more operations may be performed on the workpiece.

Abstract: A system is provided comprising a display, a first processor, a second processor, an image sensor, and an ambient light sensor. On condition that the image sensor is not in use by an application, image sensor data is blocked from the first processor and routed to the second processor, to thereby enable the second processor to execute a color adjustment algorithm configured to use at least the image sensor data and ambient light data to adjust one or more color parameters of content displayed on the display, and to execute a brightness adjustment algorithm configured to use at least the image sensor data and the ambient light data to adjust a luminance of the display.

Abstract: Adaptive howling suppression is provided for active noise control (ANC) systems of wearable audio components (WACs), such as earbuds, based on detecting whether the WACs are presently being worn. Upon first detecting howling, embodiments can pre-suppress the howling audio signature by reducing ANC output. Then, embodiments detect whether the WAC is presently on-ear (worn) or off-ear and attempt to fully suppress the howling using different parameters, based on this detection. For example, if on-ear, embodiments use on-ear tuning settings to cycle through a set of suppression stages until ANC output can be restored without howling; if off-ear, embodiments use off-ear tuning settings to cycle through the set of suppression stages until ANC output can be restored without howling. Once ANC output can be restored without howling, the system can be released to a normal idle state.

Abstract: Fluid infrastructure management systems and methods are described. An exemplar method includes: (1) obtaining, inside a server and a remote telemetry unit, a digital twin model providing one or more estimates of a flow attribute inside a fluid infrastructure item; (2) receiving a forecast of an environmental condition around an area surrounding the sensor; (3) estimating, at the server and using the forecast and one of the digital twin models, flow attribute to produce one or more server's estimated flow attribute values; (4) obtaining, using the sensor and at the remote telemetry unit, the sensor measurement of the flow attribute; and reporting or more of the server's estimated flow attribute values as being or being an estimate of the sensor measurement, if the server does not receive from the remote telemetry unit the sensor measurement.

Abstract: Systems and processes herein integrate a crude separation unit, a steam cracker unit, a hydrocracker unit, an aromatics processing unit, and a pyrolysis gasoline hydrogenation unit for separating a whole crude oil or other wide boiling hydrocarbon mixtures for producing olefins and aromatics.

Abstract: Systems and methods for model performance validation for classification models based on dynamically generated inputs are disclosed herein. In some aspects, the system may receive a first dataset. The system may provide the first dataset and a first output to a first validation model to generate a first validation metric. The system may generate a first plurality of datasets. The system may generate a plurality of outputs based on the first plurality of datasets. The system may provide the first plurality of datasets and the plurality of outputs to a second validation model and generate a second validation metric based on the second validation model. The system may generate an evaluation metric and generate updated model parameters for the first validation model. The system may generate an updated first validation model.

Abstract: Desalination of produced water is performed by pre-treatment of produced water to reduce pH, whereupon the reduced pH produced water is fed into desalination unit thereby producing high-quality desalinated water and also increasing the longevity of desalination unit by not clogging filters of the desalination unit. The method can be coupled with any desalination unit on site, thus allowing flexibility in application.

Abstract: Event-related data based on an image that has been captured is generated. Coverage information relating to imaging range is compared to the event-related data. The cameras that can capture an image of the event, based on a comparing result, are listed so that an operator can select one of the listed cameras.